Yes, there is unrest in Turkey. But no town squares have burned to the ground. There are no kicked-out journalists. So what is it going to take to get the world's attention?

I was walking down Torun Sokak, or Grandson Street, in Istanbul, Turkey three days ago feeling satisfied. I had just bought a pair of loafers made from Turkish rugs. Less than three miles away, a protest was raging. Thousands of young Turks crowded the streets waving flags with vicious slogans, throwing stones, lighting fires and demanding the removal of their Prime Minister.

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Their protest, very real, is relegated to CNN's cutting room floor, though, because Turkish protests just ain't sexy. To be certain, all the elements are there. They started so totally Occupy Wall Street, with angry 99 percenters camping out in a square in challenge of a planned shopping mall, but quickly turned into a denunciation of Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

He's been Turkey's Prime Minister since 2003 and has enjoyed considerable support, but in 2013 his power began to unravel. It reached a low point when he brutally cracked down on the occupiers killing 11 and jailing 5,000. The protests grew as Erdogan's brutality transitioned into massive corruption charges.

Just yesterday an audio recording was released where he appears to be telling his son the proper way to launder money. He claimed that the tape was doctored by his main political rival, an Islamic cleric named Fethullah Gulen who lives, inexplicably, in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania. The military is getting antsy and talk of coup floats in the air as thousands of protestors get sprayed by water cannons and doused in tear gas.

The story lines! The intrigue! It should be front page news!

Turkey is much more important to the world's economy and safety than, say, Ukraine or Venezuela. It is a G-20 economy and a candidate to receive full membership into the European Union. It is also the Islamic world's most stable and productive country. If it fell into complete chaos, the ripples would extend well beyond the region. They might even extend to your 401k.

But nobody cares. Maybe it is because the world has "Arab Spring" fatigue. Turks aren't Arabs but the country is predominantly Muslim and there are mosques, like, everywhere. Maybe the protestors haven't put together the right kits. How good did the Ukrainian Molotov tossers look? Hello, Mad Max! Maybe Erdogan is too civilized and not expelling press and diplomats as Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro just did. Maybe the name "Turkey" is hard to take seriously. Or maybe, like Kate Moss at 13, Turkey's protests have not blossomed into a beautiful swan yet, replete with tire fires and snipers. If they do I am going back. Istanbul might have to die for Turkish Delight.

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